Russian heavyweight Vitaly Minakov told how he was influenced by the example of Alexander Emelianenko, who got into shape during the training camp at the club “Akhmat “.
Minakov has long been considered one of Russia’s top heavyweights, was the Bellator and Fight Nights champion, and also had a record of 20 wins and 0 losses. Over the past five years, there have been several big breaks in Minakov’s career, and the 38-year-old’s stats since the end of 2017 are two wins and two losses.
– You understand Fedor’s reaction when he said: “How can I help?”
Do you think it didn’t help? He’s his brother and they’ll find out for themselves, we don’t need to climb into someone else’s family with advice and provocative questions. Fedor said everything correctly, but you can imagine how many similar questions have been asked of him over the past 10 years, because Sasha has already lived and existed in this format for 10 years. Hence Fedor’s irritability. Alexander himself has chosen his own path, how can I help him here? When he wanted to, we all saw what form he returned to when he played for Akhmat. It was clear how he was reborn as an athlete, he had a second life… He even motivated me. And I realized that I myself was not quite old, I can still fight, get back into shape. He crawled out of the ground. He is physically gifted like few others: quick hands, good motor skills, trainability. His form is a matter of time and his desire: if he wants and will return to normal life, if he does not want it, he will come to the tragedy he was going to, ”reports the correspondent according to Minakov’s words.
Alexander Emelianenko, 41, started playing for the Akhmat club in 2017 after his release from prison. As part of the Grozny club, Emelianenko won four fights and finished one with a draw. At the moment, Emelianenko has no official boxing and MMA wins since late 2019.
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